Middle East Culture Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. German Orientalism

   The Study of the Middle East and Islam from 1800 to 1945

   By Ursula Wokoeck

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   During the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, German universities were at the forefront of scholarship in Oriental studies. Drawing upon a comprehensive survey of thousands of German publications on the Middle East from this period, this book presents a detailed history of the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies

   Edited by Michael Kemper, Stephan Conermann

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book examines the Russian/Soviet intellectual tradition of Oriental and Islamic studies, which comprised a rich body of knowledge especially on Central Asia and the Caucasus. The Soviet Oriental tradition was deeply linked to politics – probably even more than other European ‘Orientalisms’. It...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
3. Comte de Gobineau and Orientalism

   Selected Eastern Writings

   Edited by Geoffrey Nash, Daniel O'Donoghue

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   Though known to specialists, Comte de Gobineau’s vital if idiosyncratic contribution to Orientalism has only been accessible to the English reader through secondary sources. Especially important for its portrayal of an esoteric Sufi sect like the Ahl-i Haqq, and its vivid narrative of the Babi...

   Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations

   By Chiara Bottici, Benoît Challand

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   While globalization unifies the world, divisions re-emerge within it in the form of a spectacular separation between Islam and the West. How can it be that Huntington’s contested idea of a clash of civilizations became such a powerful political myth through which so many people look at the world?...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Trajectories of Education in the Arab World

   Legacies and Challenges

   Edited by Osama Abi-Mershed

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   Trajectories of Education in the Arab World gives a broad yet detailed historical and geographical overview of education in Arab countries. Drawing on pre-modern and modern educational concepts, systems, and practices in the Arab world, this book examines the impact of Western cultural influence,...

   Published April 6th 2011 by Routledge
6. Muslim Societies

   Historical and Comparative Aspects

   By Sato Tsugitaka

   Series: New Horizons in Islamic Studies

   This volume examines Muslim societies across Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and South Asia from the eighteenth century to the present, providing fresh insight through comparison. Movements and populations covered include the nineteenth century North African Sansusi movement and its...

   Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. From Orientalism to Postcolonialism

   Asia, Europe and the Lineages of Difference

   Edited by Sucheta Mazumdar, Vasant Kaiwar, Thierry Labica

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This book uses a historical and theoretical focus to examine the key of issues of the Enlightenment, Orientalism, concepts of identity and difference, and the contours of different modernities in relation to both local and global shaping forces, including the spread of capitalism. The contributors...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
8. Egypt's Culture Wars

   Politics and Practice

   By Samia Mehrez

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   This ground-breaking work presents original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty first century. It deconstructs the boundaries between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture drawing on conceptual tools in cultural studies, translation studies and gender studies to analyze...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. Of Dishes and Discourse

   Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food

   By Geert Jan van Gelder

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

   Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder's witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the...

   Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates

    By Sayyid Hamid Hurriez

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    A unique description and analysis of the domains and genres of UAE folklore, including folk customs and beliefs, traditional arts and crafts, folk dances, folk narratives and proverbs. Challenging the established meaning of folklife, this volume also deals with folklore in public life, in the mass...

    Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge